<article class="help">
  <section class="main">
    <div class="headings">
      <p class="title">PROFILE</p>
      <p class="subtitle">Profile query execution</p>
    </div>
    <div class="content">
      <p>Prefix any query with the&nbsp;<code>PROFILE</code> keyword to have Neo4j return the execution plan for the query, including detailed profiling information.</p>
      <p>See&nbsp;<a help-topic="query plan">:help QUERY PLAN</a>  for a guide to understanding the query plan output.</p>
      <div class="links">
        <div class="link">
          <p class="title">Reference:</p>
          <p class="content">
            <a target="_blank" href="https://neo4j.com/docs/developer-manual/3.2/cypher/execution-plans/">Execution Plans</a> manual page
          </p>
        </div>
        <div class="link">
          <p class="title">Related</p>
          <p class="content">
            <a help-topic="explain">:help EXPLAIN</a>&nbsp;<a help-topic="query plan">:help QUERY PLAN</a>
          </p>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </section>
  <section class="example">
    <figure>
      <pre class="code runnable standalone-example">
        PROFILE
        MATCH (n:Person) RETURN n LIMIT 25
      </pre>
      <figcaption>Find nodes with the Person label, and profile query execution.</figcaption>
    </figure>
  </section>
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